“I’d be interested to know how important the Motability scheme is to the UK car industry”
According to the interwebs, Motability accounted for for 20% of new car sales in the UK in 2024.
“Every time APs go up, if you’re anything like me, you say ‘oh that could be me out of the scheme’ but when you do the maths, it’s still the best way to run your car. These new rules though, change the scheme fundamentally and I feel that could be a tipping point which sees large numbers of people leave the scheme.”
I couldn’t agree more. Our lease ends this autumn and we are now very unlikely to get another car through Motability.
It was an act of mindless vandalism by the government. Legislation out of spite. It won’t affect the government’s welfare bill by a penny, but will harm the economy. And of course disenfranchise thousands of disabled people.